By all accounts, LBJ was a walking contradiction; I've heard that he could be a monumental asshole sometimes, but then he also did a hell of a lot for civil rights and equality with his Great Society plan. I was reminded of this after walking through his library, and came across this pillar on the second floor.

It reads:

"The Great Society asks not how much, but how good; not only how to create wealth, but how to use it; not only how fast we are going, but where we are headed. It proposes as the first test for a nation: the quality of its people."

This is as true now as it was in his day and is applicable to just about every facet of American society these days. My, how far we have fallen from these ideals. He would be so disappointed to see what we've become.

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You think that cassette tapes were hard to manage? They've come a long, long way from the original recording medium - wax cylinders! Edison was the first to record sounds onto a reproducible and durable medium and, fun fact, the very first recording was the following:

"Mary had a little lamb, it's fleece was white as snow; and every where that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go."

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Here's a few more photos from the Music America exhibit. This one goes out to all my synthwave and electro music chooms!

• The Minimoog synthesizer
• LM-1 Linndrum (LinnDrum Machine)

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Thanks to @jdev958, I was alerted to the "Music America" exhibit at the LBJ Library on the University of Texas campus, so I just decided to go because I could. And Tuesdays are 1/2 price admission, so it only cost $8!

This is an exhibit of all sorts of music memorabilia from American music history, and it was really cool! Bruce Springsteen is behind the preservation foundation that protects all this history. I'll post some more pictures later, but for now, here's the "holy Trinity" of guitars (as @jdev958 put it): "Lucille" (B.B. King), "Number 1" (Stevie Ray Vaughan), and Jimi Hendrix's famous Flying V. Also added Bo Diddley's hand-made guitar.

This one's for you, invalidcharacter!

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I wasn’t aware the LBJ Library had a podcast. This is a good ‘un. (There was a big crowd attending—who passed on the Peter Gabriel concert down the street!) https://lbjpodcast.com/episodes/heather-cox-richardson-wa1QSN7V

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/with-the-bark-off-conversations-on-the-american-presidency/id1510250506?i=1000632756339

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